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In short, the CSRD will:\u003C/p>\u003Cp id=\"\">‍\u003C/p>\u003Cul id=\"\">\u003Cli id=\"\">Increase the number of companies in Europe that need to report on sustainability from 11,000 to nearly 50,000 companies.\u003C/li>\u003Cli id=\"\">Require businesses to cover a greater number of sustainability topics in their yearly reports, ranging from climate to biodiversity and labour rights.\u003C/li>\u003Cli id=\"\">Introduce the concept of double materiality: the need to report both on the risks companies introduce to society and the environment, and on the risks that sustainability issues pose to the company.\u003C/li>\u003C/ul>\u003Cp id=\"\">‍\u003C/p>\u003Cp id=\"\">\u003Cstrong id=\"\">And crucially—for the first time—\u003C/strong>one of the key mandatory topics for companies to disclose will be related to their \u003Cstrong id=\"\">resource use and circular economy performance\u003C/strong>. However, the recent \u003Ca id=\"\" href=\"https://www.worldbenchmarkingalliance.org/nature-benchmark/\">Nature benchmark\u003C/a> from the World Benchmarking Alliance shows that few companies are ready for this new obligation. Whereas 77% of European companies touch upon the topic of circular economy in their sustainability reports, only 22% of them include one or more of the quantitative indicators that are included in the CSRD. Even worse, no company covers all the required topics and describes a company-wide circular strategy in their sustainability report.  \u003C/p>\u003Cfigure id=\"\" class=\"w-richtext-figure-type-image w-richtext-align-fullwidth\" style=\"max-width:768px\" data-rt-type=\"image\" data-rt-align=\"fullwidth\" data-rt-max-width=\"768px\">\u003Cdiv id=\"\">\u003Cimg id=\"\" alt=\"Box 1\" src=\"https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5d26d80e8836af2d12ed1269/63d1471473fbb98010b17b5e_Capture9.JPG\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\">\u003C/div>\u003C/figure>\u003Ch3 id=\"\">\u003Cstrong id=\"\">Little time left to prepare\u003C/strong>\u003C/h3>\u003Cp id=\"\">Companies that are affected by the CSRD will have to report on their circular economy performance in 2025, which implies that the first year for which companies will have to disclose their performance is 2024. This requires them to start preparations in 2023 to identify their circular economy related risks and opportunities, develop strategies and performance, and start data collection to track performances.\u003C/p>\u003Cp id=\"\">The complexity of reporting on circular economy performance should not be underestimated. ‘Looking at the hundreds of companies we have assessed so far at the World Benchmarking Alliance, we see little consensus on circular economy-related reporting, when it’s reported at all,’ says Timothée Pasqualini, Research Lead of Nature Benchmark. ‘Relative to other topics, such as greenhouse gas emissions, methodologies, definitions and strategic approaches on circularity vary quite considerably from industry to industry but also within specific sectors’, he adds. \u003C/p>\u003Cp id=\"\">‘However, it is encouraging to see an emerging pattern that leading companies are starting to draw as circular economy principles become embedded in companies’ strategies.’ As a relatively new and holistic concept, the circular economy is perceived as a more complex topic to many stakeholders, further complicating implementation of circular economy reporting in businesses.\u003C/p>\u003Cp id=\"\">‍\u003C/p>\u003Ch3 id=\"\">\u003Cstrong id=\"\">Some will struggle more than others\u003C/strong>\u003C/h3>\u003Cp id=\"\">It is not surprising that Brussels is setting a new standard by including disclosure requirements on circular economy in the CSRD, as both European policy makers and corporate headquarters have been leading the pack on this topic. This is also shown by the WBA benchmark, in which European businesses far more often included circular economy topics in their sustainability report than their Asian or American counterparts. This suggests that companies with their headquarters in the EU will struggle less with implementing circular economy reporting than non-EU companies with branches or subsidiaries in the EU for whom the CSRD will also apply. \u003C/p>\u003Cp id=\"\">However, vast differences remain among industries in the EU—as illustrated by WBA data. For instance, the pharmaceutical industry or rubber industry are the least prepared for the upcoming reporting standards with none of the companies including (quantitative) indicators on their resource inflows, while the packaging industry and suppliers of construction materials are already performing better with 36% and 30% of them, respectively, including such indicators. \u003C/p>\u003Cfigure id=\"\" class=\"w-richtext-figure-type-image w-richtext-align-fullwidth\" style=\"max-width:773px\" data-rt-type=\"image\" data-rt-align=\"fullwidth\" data-rt-max-width=\"773px\">\u003Cdiv id=\"\">\u003Cimg id=\"\" alt=\"Some will struggle more than others\" src=\"https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5d26d80e8836af2d12ed1269/63d1470ae96cffd5af463180_Capture7.JPG\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\">\u003C/div>\u003C/figure>\u003Cp id=\"\">‍\u003C/p>\u003Ch3 id=\"\">\u003Cstrong id=\"\">How can you prepare your business? \u003C/strong>\u003C/h3>\u003Cp id=\"\">‘Even though we are happy to see the level of ambitions shown by the EU, we are very aware of the challenges that the CSRD will pose for businesses,’ says Jacco Verstraeten-Jochemsen, Lead Business Solutions at Circle Economy. ‘From onboarding colleagues from other departments such as procurement and design, to setting up proper data collection and material flow analysis for your business, businesses will really need to use 2023 to prepare their business, their value chain partners and their waste managers  for what’s to come.’\u003C/p>\u003Cp id=\"\">Circle Economy very much welcomes this new reporting requirements and also provided feedback on the public consultation together with our partners in the \u003Ca id=\"\" href=\"https://www.dnb.nl/en/green-economy/sustainable-finance-platform/\">Sustainable Finance Platform\u003C/a>. 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